Top billed cast

1. 

   Vic Morrow

   Hank Muldoon

2. 

   Cliff DeYoung

   Stefan Grubowski

3. 

   Michael Constantine

   Jess Wingate

4. 

   Walter McGinn

   Paul Stewart

5. 

   Eileen Brennan

   Ann Muldoon

6. 

   Meredith Baxter

   Linda Davis

7. 

   Tom Bosley

   Norman Smith

8. 

   Will Geer

   Reverend Davis

9. 

   Paul Shenar

   Orson Welles

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2024-09-23

**_The Martians are coming, the Martians are coming!!!_**

On the night before Halloween, 1938, Orson Welles directs a radio adaptation of HG Wells' novel The War of the Worlds from forty years prior. The "breaking news" style of ominous storytelling convinced many listeners throughout America to take it seriously, causing a panic. The illusion of realism was reinforced by the lack of commercial interruptions, which meant that the first break didn’t come until after all of the alarming "news" had been given.

A television production, “The Night that Panicked America” (1975) works wel...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• based on true story
• docudrama